George Rosener
(26 mins.) He did very well with several charactor bits during which he injected some comedy. Closed to a good hand.
Thomas F. Shea
Very good act indeed. Mr. Shea’s rendition of his famous characters need no review or criticism from me. The act got plenty of applause, but I am quite sure that it is not the kind of thing that would draw money into the theatre. 24 min. full stage.
Charles Leonard Fletcher
32 minutes f.s. close in 1. Fletcher is a Boston man and got a good reception on his appearance. Gave his old Mark Twain impersonation and two new ones, a strikebreaker in court, and a tramp, both of which were good. He finished big.
Charles L. Fletcher
Character studies. 24 minutes. Full stage. Open and close in 1. This artist certainly improves with each visit. He is new doing the best act he ever did. A positive hit.
Chas. Leonard Fletcher
Three new character studies in his offering and every one of them good. The “Down and Out” park lounger, a sort of “Weary Willie”, is one of the best bit I ever saw and even superior to anything Chevalier did. Best act he ever gave us and new. Open and closes in one.
Hal Stephens and Co.
In imitations of well known actors. Especially good were those of Johnny Ray, Jimmy Russell and Joe Jefferson. He carries special scenery using two different sets for Jefferson’s “Rip Van Wrinkle”? He has gone to considerable trouble and expense in working up this act, and it is a very creditable one. He is assisted by three people. Opens in one, closes full stage. 23 minutes.
Walter Daniels
HR – A young man who impersonates two or three different actors, making up for the characters on the stage. He is a pretty good actor, but some how [sic] his work this afternoon did not seem to go especially strong until he got to the impersonation of “Old Pete” in the “Octoroon”, which is really quite a clever bit of work both as to dialect and motion. It is another good three-show-a-day act. 20 minutes, open full stage; close with about three minutes in one.
Walter Daniels
3 shows, 19 min. full stage. This man has a repertoire of impersonations of actors in famous parts, including Wilton Lackye, Richard Mansfield, in “Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde”, the old violinist from “Mistress Nell” and the old darkey in the “Octoroon”. He is a really clever young man, whose declamations is quite finished, and he possess [sic] considerable personality. He makes up in full view of the audience, a la Charles Fletcher, and keep up a running fire of talk during the process. He found decided appreciation from the audience and was obliged to respond a curtain call.
Mary Norman
Caricaturist of society women. While she was never a “topnotcher” [sic] in the beauty line, she has retrograded physically since her last appearance in this house, in consequence of which she is not going with vim that she did on her former visit. However she is going fairly well. 15 minutes in 3.
Fields and Whalen
A man and woman impersonating East Side characters, singing a little, dancing, and some alleged comedy lines which don’t amount to much. They close their act with a medley arranged from the titles of dramas that have been popular the past few years, and with this they made a pretty good hit principally because the work has been ingeniously handled. Can be classed a fair act. 17 minutes in one.